Suspicious Minds by Paul Mccusker 1990, Focus on the Family
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Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family SCENE I. [WHIT'S END. AT THE FRONT COUNTER. A NORMAL AFTERNOON.] CONNIE: (AS SHE PASSES THE COUNTER) Whit, I'm gonna wash these trays off. WHIT: Okay, Connie. (REGISTER RINGS AS DRAWER OPENS, WHIT IS TALKING TO A CUSTOMER AS HE GETS CHANGE) And ... Twenty-five cents is your change. CUSTOMER: Thanks, Whit. EUGENE: (APPROACHING) Mr. Whittaker ... WHIT: Yes, Eugene? EUGENE: I was wondering if it would inconvenience you for me to utilize the computer in your office for a short time while I'm on my break. CONNIE: (FROM THE KITCHEN) Oh, brother. (SHOUTS) Why don't you speak English!!! Page 1 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family WHIT: (CHUCKLES) You can use my computer if you need to, Eugene. EUGENE: Thank you. Normally, I'd use one of the computers at the college but lately they're all taken by the time I get there. WHIT: That's all right. You're welcome to it. EUGENE: I have hopes of buying a computer of my own so I won't have to impose upon you any longer. I've been saving for quite some time and am now only one hundred dollars short of the money I need. CONNIE: (COMING OUT FROM THE KITCHEN) You're gonna spend a hundred bucks on a dumb computer? Good grief! EUGENE: * Computers aren't dumb, Ms. Kendall. And it's more than a hundred. You obviously haven't grasped the need for computers in our day and time. CONNIE: Nobody needs a computer, Eugene. There are a lot more important things to get. EUGENE: Such as? CONNIE: Such as a car. If I had to spend a lot of money, I'd buy a Page 2 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family car. EUGENE: A car -- ha! WHIT: Are you thinking about buying a car, Connie? CONNIE: Now that I have my driver's license -- yes. Mom and I have been talking about it and if I can save up another hundred dollars, I'm gonna buy a brand new 1967 Ford. EUGENE: A brand new 1967 Ford? Quite a contradiction in terms. (SNORTS) And you scoff at me! CONNIE: What's wrong with buying a car? It looks better on the road than a computer. EUGENE: I don't ride my computer, Ms. Kendall. I ride a bike. They're safe, economical and healthy. CONNIE: Oh, right, and you come in all sweaty. Give me an air- conditioned car any day. EUGENE: (GROANS) Mr. Whittaker -- what can I do? It's like casting the proverbial pearls before swine. WHIT: (WAVING THEM OFF) Oh, no you don't. You're not Page 3 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family dragging me into this. I'm going up to my office. [WHIT GOES.] CONNIE: What did you call me? EUGENE: I didn't call you anything. CONNIE: You called me a swine, didn't you? EUGENE: Ms. Kendall, we have work to do. (HE WALKS AWAY) CONNIE: You can't call me names and just walk away . Come back here! [MUSIC BRIDGES US TO THE NEXT SCENE.] SCENE II. [WHIT'S END. AFTER CLOSING TIME. WHIT IS AT THE CASH REGISTER COUNTING UP THE DAY'S INCOME. HE IS TALLYING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE DRAWER AGAINST THE RECEIPT TAPE.] WHIT: (COUNTING THE LAST OF THE CHANGE) Sixty- seven . sixty-eight . and sixty-nine. (THERE'S A PROBLEM) Hmm. CONNIE: (APPROACHING) The tables and dishes are ready for tomorrow, Whit. Page 4 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family WHIT: (DISTRACTED) Thanks, Connie. (TO HIMSELF) This doesn't make sense. CONNIE: What's wrong? WHIT: The totals don't match up. CONNIE: What do you mean? WHIT: Today's receipts tell me I should have one hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents but I only have one hundred twenty six dollars and sixty-nine cents. CONNIE: You're missing sixty dollars? WHIT: Yep. I better count it again. CONNIE: I'll look around. Maybe it fell on the floor. [SHE BEGINS LOOKING] EUGENE: (APPROACHING) Everything is turned off upstairs. Page 5 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family CONNIE: (DRAMATICALLY) We're missing sixty dollars from the cash register, Eugene. WHIT: Now, Connie . EUGENE: Are you positive, Mr. Whittaker? WHIT: I'm double-checking now. CONNIE: I don't see anything back here. (AS SHE LOOKS) Wait! I found it-- (BEAT) Oh. It's a wad of napkins. EUGENE: Green? CONNIE: Left over from Christmas . If it wasn't dropped, what could have happened to it? I mean, you don't think someone stole the money, do you, Whit? WHIT: No, of course not. EUGENE: Besides, who could possibly steal it? There are only three people with the key to the register: Mr. Whittaker, myself and you. Unless, of course, one of us forgot to lock the register when it wasn't attended. Page 6 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family CONNIE: What if someone took it out of the register while we weren't looking? WHIT: Couldn't do that without the key, Connie. (BEAT, FINISHING HIS COUNT) One-hundred-twenty-six- dollars-and-sixty-nine-cents . We're still sixty dollars short. CONNIE: This is creepy. Who would do such a thing? WHIT: We don't know that anyone did, Connie. EUGENE: I'm very conscientious about locking the register and keeping the keys on my person. CONNIE: Well, it wasn't me! I make sure to lock up, too! WHIT: (WITH GREAT ASSURANCE) The money will turn up. Maybe the register receipts are printing wrong. I'll check it in the morning. Don't be so suspicious. EUGENE: I don't think it's unreasonable to be suspicious in this day and age, Mr. Whittaker. WHIT: Unreasonable or not, the fact is we know most of the folks who come in here. I can't believe any of them would take Page 7 Adventures in Odyssey script for episode Suspicious Minds The script looks exactly like the one used by the actors in the studio to record this show. You can read this script or act it out with your friends. If you perform it for an audience, you must not change it or collect any money for it. Have fun! Suspicious Minds By Paul McCusker 1990, Focus on the Family our money -- any more than I'd believe either of you would do it. It'll turn up. Don't worry about it. EUGENE: Yes, but any of us are capable of stealing -- don't you think? WHIT: True, but that doesn't mean we will steal. These are our friends you're talking about, Eugene. I'm sure there's a simple explanation for this. We'll find the money. EUGENE: However -- just to play the sleuth for a moment -- since it is obvious that we didn't take the money, someone may have had time to take Connie's keys and -- CONNIE: (AN OUTBURST) I didn't leave -- !!! EUGENE: -- Pardon, pardon, beg bardon -- a mis-statement on my part. Someone may have had time to somehow take a key to the register and have a copy made. Unless you plan to have the register key and lock changed immediately, I think we would be wise to watch the register. WHIT: Well .